EP1445930A2 - Abtastgerät zum Abtasten von Bankschecks und anderen Papierdokumenten - Google Patents

Abtastgerät zum Abtasten von Bankschecks und anderen Papierdokumenten Download PDF

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EP1445930A2
EP1445930A2 EP04002530A EP04002530A EP1445930A2 EP 1445930 A2 EP1445930 A2 EP 1445930A2 EP 04002530 A EP04002530 A EP 04002530A EP 04002530 A EP04002530 A EP 04002530A EP 1445930 A2 EP1445930 A2 EP 1445930A2
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  • the present invention relates to a scanner apparatus for scanning bank cheques and other paper documents, particularly documents in formats other than cheque format.
  • the apparatus is intended for use particularly advantageously at a bank counter for scanning cheques, payment receipts, and various documents.
  • the apparatus comprises a conveyor mechanism for conveying the cheques, one at a time, from the input receptacle to an output receptacle, passing in front of an image-scanner unit for scanning one or both faces of the cheque.
  • the present invention proposes the provision of an apparatus having the characteristics set out in Claim 1, which can scan both bank cheques and paper documents of different formats, such as for example, paying-in slips or other documents which may relate to people, to current accounts, or to banking operations having some correlation with the cheques paid in.
  • a scanner apparatus comprises ( Figure 1) an outer casing 10 in the upper portion of which there is a device for scanning cheques, whereas the lower portion houses a device for scanning paper documents of other types.
  • the device for scanning cheques is shown schematically in Figure 2.
  • One or more cheques (not shown) are arranged vertically in an input receptacle 11 in which there is a feed plate 12 which urges the cheques towards a pick-up and feed roller 13.
  • a first photocell 14 detects the presence of a cheque in the input receptacle 11 and, by means of an electronic control unit ECU, (shown schematically solely in Figure 5), activates a first motor 15 for picking up the cheque and a second motor 16 for moving the cheque forwards. Once the first motor 15 has been activated, it sets the feed roller 13 in motion by means of a transmission belt 17.
  • the roller 13 is mounted on a lever 18 which is moved towards the cheques, from the position shown in solid outline to the position 13' shown in broken outline and, by rotating, causes one or more cheques to move towards a pair of motor-driven separator rollers 19, 20.
  • the separator roller 20, which is contrarotatory relative to the roller 19, separates the cheques, allowing only the cheque that is disposed farthest to the right (with reference to Figure 2) to move forwards and pushing back the others.
  • a head 22 for reading magnetic characters printed on the front of the cheque for example, a conventional electromagnetic induction head of the E13B/CMC7 type, is activated.
  • the magnetic head 22 is deactivated automatically by means of the photocell 21 when the tail-end of the cheque passes beyond that photocell. When the same photocell 21 is obscured, it also causes the motor 15 for picking up the cheques to stop in order to space out the passing of the various cheques and to prevent them from being supplied consecutively, closely following one another without gaps.
  • the second motor 16 moves the cheque forwards, by means of a second toothed feed belt 23, from the reading region of the magnetic head 22 to a scanner device 24 where the cheque passes between a pair of substantially symmetrical image-scanning units 25, 26 each provided with a CIS (compact image sensor) optical sensor for scanning both faces (front and rear) of the cheque.
  • CIS compact image sensor
  • the same apparatus comprises a device for scanning other paper documents, advantageously also documents in A4 format.
  • a first embodiment of the device for scanning paper documents other than cheques is shown schematically in Figure 3.
  • One or more documents D in this example, documents of A4 format, are deposited horizontally in an input receptacle 28 in the form of a tray which projects from a horizontal input slot 29 formed in the lower portion of the outer casing 10 on the side defined herein as the "front".
  • the slot 29 preferably has a width (in the direction perpendicular to the direction of introduction of the documents D) greater than 210 mm to permit the introduction and scanning of documents in A4 format.
  • the documents D are introduced into the slot 29 manually until they reach the region of a photocell 30 which detects the presence of a document to be scanned.
  • the photocell 30 brings about activation of an electromagnetic actuator 31 which moves a pressure roller 32 mounted on a lever 33 towards a motor-driven roller 34 for picking up the document.
  • the document D which is lower down, is urged into contact with the motor-driven roller 34 and is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow A, passing between a pair of contrarotating separator rollers 35, 36 which allow only one document to move forwards at a time.
  • the document is then engaged by a first pair of motor-driven rollers 37, 38 which impart a constant speed of advance to the document.
  • the document passes in front of a scanner photocell 39 which, when it is obscured by the document, deactivates the electromagnetic actuator 31.
  • the document moves forwards, over a deflector or switch 40 associated with a biasing spring (not shown) which urges the deflector in the clockwise direction indicated in the drawing.
  • the document then passes beside an image scanner 41 provided with a CIS optical sensor for scanning one of the faces of the document.
  • a 210 mm CIS sensor arranged transverse the direction of movement of the documents so as to cover substantially the entire width of a sheet in A4 format or, alternatively, two 105 mm CIS sensors aligned transversely and connected to one another in cascade in accordance with methods known to persons skilled in the art, may equally well be used.
  • the device D for scanning paper documents is arranged selectively to scan a single face or both faces (front and rear) of the document.
  • the desired operative mode is selected by the user by means of a selection button (not shown).
  • the scanner 41 is mounted on a carousel 45 rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the path of movement of the document and the second pair of motor-driven rollers 42, 43 can be operated in order to rotate in the opposite direction to that which discharges the document onto the rear output receptacle 44.
  • Front/rear scanning takes place as follows.
  • the scanner photocell 39 is connected to an electronic control unit ECU ( Figure 5) which is arranged automatically to bring about reversal of the drive of the motor-driven rollers 42, 43 and rotation of the carousel 45 through 180° when a predetermined period of time has elapsed after the moment at which the tail-end of the document D passed the scanner photocell 39.
  • the two above-mentioned commands are imparted after a period of time such that the document has completely passed the scanner 41 but is still engaged between the rollers 42, 43.
  • the rotation of the carousel 45 through 180° causes the scanner 41 to be situated on the opposite side of the path of movement of the document in order to face the other face (the rear side) to be scanned, as indicated 41'.
  • rollers 42, 43 By rotating in the opposite direction, the rollers 42, 43 cause the document to move backwards along its path, passing beside the scanner 41 (which will now be situated in the position 41' shown in broken outline in Figure 3).
  • the deflector 40 When the document comes up against the deflector 40, it is guided along a deflected path 46 disposed beneath the path 47 followed by the document during the scanning of its front face.
  • a third pair of motor-driven rollers 48, 49 is disposed on the deflected path 46 and conveys the document into a front output receptacle 50 disposed beneath the input receptacle 28.
  • the control unit ECU automatically brings about a further rotation of the carousel 45 through 180°, thus bringing the scanner 41 back to the position shown in solid outline.
  • the apparatus is thus ready to scan a new document and to repeat the above-described sequence of operations. If no further documents to be scanned are in the input receptacle, the apparatus is automatically put in a stand-by condition. Naturally, if operation solely for the front face of a document is selected, the carousel 45 will not be rotated from the position shown in solid outline.
  • Figure 4 shows schematically an alternative and simplified embodiment of the device for scanning paper documents other than cheques.
  • a document for example in A4 format, is deposited horizontally in a front input receptacle 28 defined by a tray which projects externally from a horizontal input slot 29 situated in the lower portion of the apparatus.
  • the documents are introduced into the slot 29 manually one at a time until a photocell 30 is obscured.
  • the obscuring of the photocell 30 brings about the rotation of a first and of a second pair of motor-driven rollers 37, 38 and 42, 43 which pull the document forwards in the direction indicated by the arrow.
  • the document thus passes over an image scanner 41 provided with a CIS optical sensor for scanning one of the faces of the document and reaches a rear output receptacle or tray 44.
  • the movement of the conveyor rollers 37, 38 and 42, 43 is stopped automatically a predetermined period of time after the document has passed beyond the photocell 30.
  • the electronic control unit ECU supervises the operation of the apparatus as a whole and hence also the operation of all of the drive/actuator members and optical/electronic devices described above, as illustrated in the block diagram of Figure 5.
  • the apparatus according to the invention is a multifunctional apparatus that incorporates within it the functions which up to now have been performed by two different sets of apparatus.
  • the apparatus of the present invention permits a considerable saving in costs and space since the control of the movement members of the two scanning devices, the control of the optical/electronic devices of both of the devices, and the transmission of the data detected by both of the devices are entrusted to a single processing unit and to a single communication bus which are common to both devices.
  • the information obtained by the two scanning devices of the apparatus can advantageously be managed by the PC which receives it in a manner such as to associate it and store it in a common file or in any case to "centralize” it in a suitable manner, according to the requirements of the user, for example, a bank.
  • the PC which receives it in a manner such as to associate it and store it in a common file or in any case to "centralize” it in a suitable manner, according to the requirements of the user, for example, a bank.
  • image scanners arranged in pairs may be used on the paths followed by the documents inside the apparatus, for substantially simultaneous scanning of both faces (front and rear) of a document, as shown in Figure 2 in which a pair of scanners 25, 26 is provided for scanning both faces of a cheque.

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EP04002530A 2003-02-07 2004-02-05 Abtastgerät zum Abtasten von Bankschecks und anderen Papierdokumenten Expired - Lifetime EP1445930B1 (de)

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EP08151218A EP1965582A1 (de) 2003-02-07 2004-02-05 Scanvorrichtung für Papierdokumente
CY20081101399T CY1108636T1 (el) 2003-02-07 2008-12-02 Συσκευη σαρωτη για σαρωση τραπεζικων επιταγων και αλλων εγγραφων σε χαρτι

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IT000085A ITTO20030085A1 (it) 2003-02-07 2003-02-07 Apparecchio scanner per la scannerizzazione di assegni

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US20050041268A1 (en) 2005-02-24
ITTO20030085A1 (it) 2004-08-08
EP1445930A3 (de) 2005-01-05
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CY1108636T1 (el) 2014-04-09

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